Shoe-lace fastener.



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SHOE LACE FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6,1907,

Swuenlioz 28mm use: fibwai PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

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OSCAR HOWARD, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES DEACON, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

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Specification, of Letters Patent.

No. 891,069. Patented June 1c, 1908.

' Application filed september c, 1907. Serial No. 391,689. To all whom it may concern? The base piece is provided with a forward Be it known that 1, Oscar: HOWARD, a citiprojection 7 .having a depending shank 3 zen of the United States, residing at Colo- -which is'cut away as shown at 4 rado Springs, in the county of El Paso and-- oppositely disposed shoulders 5 andjo. This State. of' Colorado, have invented new and cut away portion of the shank ermits of a useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Fastensuitable instrument being. ap ied to the ers, of which the following is a specification." o ening 1 whereby to clench tile eyelet 1 to My invention has'relation to improvet e-up er, said cut away ortion 4, also perments inshoe-lace fastenings, and it consists mits the shoe lacing being connected thereto while the shoulders and 6 prevent upward and downward 'movement of the same. The base of the shank-3 is curved to provide a-hook 2 which projects vertically upward and above the projection 7, said hook being provided on its inner face with a bulge 7 to prevent an upward movement of the ends of the lacing when connected to the hook.

From the 'foregoin description, the operation of the device w' be readily understood. I 1 Havin thus 'fully describedthe invention, what is c aimed. as new is z Ashoe'lace fastening comprising a piece with a central opening therein having an eyelet therewith, a projection extending outwardly from the base piece and-having a de ending shank in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim. With these objects in view and others as .will appear as the description proceeds, theinvention comprises the various novel features ofronstruction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described. ereinafter and set iorth with particularity in the claim appendedhereto.

In the accompanying drawing,which illustrates one of theembodiments of the invention, Figure l is a persppctive view of, a portion of the upper o a s oe with the lace fastenersapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional of one of the fasteners. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one ofthe fasteners.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views. a v Referrin to the drawing, A designates the upper of' a ace shoe and insteadof the usual hooks 'at the top front corners of the two parts of the upper are employed my improved lace fasteners designated by B wherey the lacin C can be firmly heldsothat the ends thereo will not become accidentally loosened. j I

..'l.he fastening B is constructed of one pieceof metal and is provided with a disk 40 shaped base piece 1 having a central opening 1, therein to which is secured an eyelet 1 which is cut away to prov1 e a recess with oppositely disposed shou ders, sa d recess serving lJOIGCQlVG the shoe vent displacement, of the lacing from sai recess, the base of the shank being curved to provide a hook with a bulge on its inner face to prevent dis lacement of the ends of the shoe-lacing, su stantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'Witnesses:

MAE L. WILDER, EDWARD WILDER.

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